Translated and read by Parvati Nair (Queen Mary University of London)
For two revealers: John Perivolaris and Parvati Nair
I WOULD REVEAL with pyrogallol
The truth hidden in the seed,
The shot of a photographic instant,
The akinesia of a bevelled face
That senseless reveals its mystery
As if the heartbeat were to turn to life,
As if the image captured more than the
memories mutilated by time.
A dos reveladores: John Perivolaris y Parvati Nair
REVELARÍA con pirogalol
la verdad escondida en la simiente,
la toma de un momento fotográfico,
la acinesia de un rostro biselado
que insensato desprende su misterio
si descendiera el pálpito a la vida,
si en la imagen no solo se captaran
recuerdos mutilados en el tiempo.
De Fronteras: ¿el azar infinito? [Borders: An Infinite Game of Dice?] (Leiden: Bokeh, octubre 2018)